Afternoons for Thursday 17 December 2009

1:10 PM.For Beth Charles the best song ever is Hurt by Johnny Cash. Audio

1:20 PM.Welcome to Mangawhai, and Mangawhai heads. Eighty minutes north from the city of sails along state highway one, and a pleasant 10 minute diversion off that road, down a picturesque, sealed, winding… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Hospitals in the Waikato are turning away non-urgent patients as they struggle to recover after being crippled by a computer worm. Audio

2:20 PM.A tiny, dusty Dunedin bookstore has been judged one of the 10 best in the world, which has surprised its owner, who didn't even know it was in the running. Audio

2:45 PM.The traditional Maori belief system is as relevant today as it was hundreds of years ago, according to long time educator and teacher Te Hata Ohlsen. Audio

2:50 PM.Our Feature Album is 'Yankee Hotel Foxtrot' - the best selling album by Chicago-based rock band Wilco. Audio

3:07 PM.We time travel back to the day Mt Vesuvious covered Pompeii in ash. Audio

3:30 PM.Locals may have uncovered the oldest Edmonds Cookbook in the country. Audio

3:45 PM.Corneal disease is a major cause of blindness, affecting millions of people worldwide. Audio

4:05 PM.With Brian Mackie and Mark Inglis. Audio

4:35 PM.With Brian Mackie and Mark Inglis. Audio